'Citizens are trapped and terrified' - fall of Darfur's last stronghold raises fears of massacres in Sudan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Tom Fletcher, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said: "With fighters pushing further into the city and escape routes cut off, hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped and terrified - shelled, starving and without access to food, healthcare or safety.
34% : Both London and Washington said the world was "watching" as RSF forces advanced, while the United Nations called for safe passage for trapped civilians.
32% : " Sudan's catastrophic civil war is well into its third year and the UN and aid agencies say the fighting has produced the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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